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  • 10:08 (1963)
    Available in French only
    Anastase Davila Leblanc, Charles-E. Noël and anonymous
    Audio © CMC
    Archives
    Collection Andral/Roy
    ANM-At-172
    ANM-At-172.3.001_006

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  • 7:08 (1963)
    Available in French only
    Gilles Fournier, Réal Bernatchez, Roger Bernatchez and Magella Francoeur
    Audio © CMC
    Archives
    Source : Carmen Roy
    ROY-At-144
    ROY-At-144.1.012_015 (4072_4078)

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  • 1:06 (1963)
    Available in French only
    Gilles Fournier, Réal Bernatchez, Roger Bernatchez and Magella Francoeur
    Audio © CMC
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    Source : Carmen Roy
    ROY-At-144
    ROY-At-144.1.017 (4084_4085)

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  • Singing game - 1:52 (1949)
    Children of Baccaro
    Audio © CMC
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    Helen Creighton Collection
    CR-At-11.1
    CR-B-10.88

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  • Singing game - 1:05 (1949)
    Children of Baccaro
    Audio © CMC
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    Helen Creighton Collection
    CR-At-11.5
    CR-B-10.92

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  • Singing game - 0:57 (1949)
    Children of Baccaro
    Audio © CMC
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    Helen Creighton Collection
    CR-At-11.2
    CR-B-10.89

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  • Singing game - 1:28 (1950)
    Children of the Glen Haven School
    Audio © CMC
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    Helen Creighton Collection
    CR-At-32.7
    CR-B-31.305

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  • Counting game - 0:38 (1950)
    Kathleen Hubley
    Audio © CMC
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    Helen Creighton Collection
    CR-At-32.10
    CR-B-31.308

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  • Counting game - 0:43 (1950)
    Kathleen Hubley
    Audio © CMC
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    Helen Creighton Collection
    CR-At-32.11
    CR-B-31.309

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Go Outside and Play!

Ride-on toy

Ride-on toy 992.23.92, Photo © CMC

In most Canadian cities, large outdoor toys can’t be used year-round; either they come into the basement or garage during winter, or they get buried in the snow, only to be found in the spring. But when the sun is shining, Canadian kids love to race around on ride-em toys, putter in the garden, and float boats.

It’s not new. Inuit and First Nations children played with outdoor toys for millennia, often to build essential skills such as hunting. For most kids today, playing outside is still educational – learning how to use a steering wheel or to dig a hole.

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